Security News > 2021 > May
HUMAN published a research into security leaders' perceptions of and responses to sophisticated bot attacks. Bot attacks Nearly half of respondents believe their organization would be susceptible to a sophisticated bot attack.
Chinese web giant Tencent's Blade Team, a security research group, showed they could circumvent payment schemes used at electric vehicle charging stations. Their exploits also changed the charging voltage and current, an act that could damage the EV. "The construction of charging stations is accelerating all over the world, but there is little research on the security of electric vehicle infrastructure," said TenCent Blade Team senior security researcher Wu HuiYu.
Enterprises have a deep appreciation for the value of open source software with 100% of the information technology decision-makers in a recent survey saying that "Using open source provides benefits for their organization." The survey of 200 IT decision-makers was conducted by Vanson Bourne. Use of open source software increasing among enterprises.
ENISA discloses an in-depth analysis of the cybersecurity challenges faced by the connected and automated mobility sector and provides actionable recommendations to mitigate them. The recommendations aim to guide all CAM stakeholders in today's context of growing cybersecurity threats and concerns.
Employee engagement, burnout, and reduced productivity are top concerns for IT leaders in 2021 and beyond, as they continue to enable remote workers and plan for new, hybrid workplace environments, according to Wrike. Last year's shift to remote work compounded an already complex and distributed work environment, one cluttered with an array of heterogeneous applications and communication channels.
As COVID-19 continues to ravage India, the nation's government has told it populace that 5G signals have nothing to do with the spread of the virus - if only because no 5G networks operate in India. After pointing out that the very notion is a nonsense, the department points out that India approved 5G trials on May 4th and they won't start for months.
BIO-key International introduced its new mobile app, BIO-key MobileAuth with PalmPositive the latest among over sixteen strong authentication factors available for BIO-key's PortalGuard Identity-as-a-Service platform. MobileAuth's fast, touchless biometric user authentication - using a palm scan - works with any Android or iOS device to provide the unprecedented combination of a simple, privacy-protected, and convenient user experience with the identity integrity and availability that enterprises require.
Ethernity Networks announced it has released the ENET Wireless Backhaul solution, designed for standalone FPGA-based appliances. The ENET Wireless Backhaul solution utilizes Ethernity's ENET Flow Processor FPGA firmware coupled with Ethernity's newly patented bonding technology to run on an FPGA appliance.
Trend Micro's hosted email security product is experiencing a global brownout. Trend's sparse notification says the company is "Aware of some email delivery delays in Hosted Email Security and Pre-filter products affecting customers in all regions. We are currently addressing the issue and hope to have it resolved as soon as possible."
Toshiba Electronics Europe addresses the specialist storage needs for small and medium scale surveillance applications with the launch of two new S300 hard disk drives. The additional models, available in 4TB and 6TB, leverage shingled magnetic recording technology to offer higher density storage solutions.